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Lisa Vanderpump and Venus Binkley in "Vanderpump Rules" (Casey Durkin/Bravo)

"Vanderpump Rules" is Bravo's losing bet

Coleman Spilde

The network opted for a total overhaul of the reality franchise at its peak. The result is a boozy head-scratcher

Chips, olives and salted peanuts (Elena Noviello/Getty Images)

Punch and nibbles, like "Sherlock"

Ashlie D. Stevens

Lessons in hosting from 221B Baker Street

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump's war on drugs has exceptions

Heather Digby Parton

The president's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández contradicts his strategy. Or does it?

President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Sorry, Trump isn’t a lame duck (yet)

Chauncey DeVega

The comforting story that Trump's power is fading obscures the risks facing us

The US and Canadian flags are pictured at Peace Arch Historical State Park in Blaine, Washington, on March 5, 2025.) (Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's ambassador flip-flops on tariffs

Anna Clark - ProPublica

Pete Hoekstra railed against tariffs in Congress. He's reversed course in the Trump administration

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WH on drug boat strike: "Self-defense"

Alex Galbraith

The second attack on survivors of an airstrike in the Caribbean has been called a war crime by critics

Trump lawyer Alina Habba speaks at a campaign rally for US President Donald Trump at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Habba out as top NJ attorney

Garrett Owen

An appeals court upheld a lower court's decision that the Trump loyalist was serving illegally

President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech while holding the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's 'Sword of Peru' during a military ceremony on November 25, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. The United States recently designated the "Cartel De Los Soles" (Cartel of The Suns) as a foreign terrorist organization, a group allegedly led by the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and which, it is presumed, includes high-ranking members of the Venezuelan government. ((Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images))

Trump's message to Maduro: Get out now

Garrett Owen

Recent calls between Trump and Maduro have been tense, per reports

Former Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a Turning Point Action 'United for Change' campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Kash Patel "in over his head" at FBI

Garrett Owen

A report from sources inside the FBI claims that the bureau is floundering under the Trump Cabinet pick

A Salvation Army Christmas Tree at Target in Santa Ana, where the public is encouraged to select an angel with a child's name and gift preference (Al Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The Bedevilment of Angel Trees

Andi Zeisler

In a span of two years, Angel Trees have gone from spreading online joy to fomenting offline suspicion

NOVEMBER 30: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en-route to Washington, DC on November 30, 2025. The first family is returning to Washington, DC after spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at his Mar-A-Lago Resort In Florida.  (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump isn't sure why he got an MRI

Garrett Owen

Trump's health has been under intense scrutiny since taking office

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is elevating Mark Kelly for 2028

Jason Kyle Howard

The president's threats are setting up the Arizona senator for a presidential bid

Allie Beth Stuckey on the set of Candace Owens' show on Dec. 6, 2021. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on empathy began with a woman

Amanda Marcotte

Allie Beth Stuckey weaponizes her gender to sell the idea of a cold-hearted Jesus

Tennessee special election heats up

Russell Payne

Tennessee’s 7th District race is challenging assumptions about how Democrats win red states

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a roundtable event with President Donald Trump in Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want probe of Noem-linked firm

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliot, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica

A ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign

An Oklahoma student is decrying her failing grade on a reflection essay for psychology course. Her instructors say it was well-deserved not for her religious views but for her lack of empirical evidence, not following directions and a poorly written assignment. (Pawel Kacperek / Getty Images)

Student cries bad grade is faith attack

CK Smith

OU psych student appeals failing grade on Bible-based essay that ignored instructions and lacked any academic rigor

Sen. Cory Booker (R) and Alexis Lewis wed in 2 private ceremonies this week in Newark and D.C., surrounded by close family. (Bobby Bank / Getty Images)

Sen. Booker weds in 2 private ceremonies

CK Smith

The popular NJ senator marries girlfriend Alexis Lewis, adding a fresh layer to his highly-visible national profile

George Clooney attends the "Wolfs" photocall during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Clooney: Pressuring Biden was "mistake"

Alex Galbraith

The actor reconsidered his campaign to force the former president to drop out in a new interview

Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in "Hamnet" (Focus Features)

"Hamnet" tests our will to weep

Coleman Spilde

Chloé Zhao’s mournful Shakespeare riff leans so hard on tragedy that it leaves little room for nuance

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions during the daily press briefing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WH launches "media offender" list

Alex Galbraith

The Trump administration is using the "lügenpresse" strategy to push back against negative coverage

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kelly: Hegseth's double-tap a war crime

Alex Galbraith

The former Navy pilot added that Hegseth was the least qualified secretary of defense in history

Glass of pink Martine our Pink Cosmo

The fruity martini's colorful comeback

Francesca Giangiulio

From Instagram feeds to the cocktail glass, fruity martinis are back — brighter, sweeter and craftier than ever

Incarcerated fathers line up in tuxedos and pink boutonnieres to wait for the arrival of their daughters for a new tradition at a Lousiana prison: a father-daughter dance. It was a way for families to reconnect with a loved one behind bars and part of a re-entry program for the prisoners. (God Behind Bars)

A brief escape: One night for family

CK Smith

A new feature of the family-reentry program lets incarcerated fathers dance with daughters they rarely get to see

World Bank president David Malpass (left) interviews former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Oct. 11, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The left was right about Larry Summers

Andrew O'Hehir

Long before the Epstein scandal, it was clear Summers was a viper. Clinton and Obama simply didn't want to know

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